On the evening of April 14, Liberia flagged 21,000 tonne MV Safmarine Asia was attacked by Somali pirates with small arms and Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) from two skiffs that were operating in close company with a mother ship.

The frigate foiled the attack by chasing them away with her helicopter.

She followed the pirate boats overnight and captured the pirates and their mother ship, 500 nautical miles east of Mombasa.